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CYPHER CAT A
TOKYO TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
5 FEBRUARY 1970
PRIORITY TELNO 88 CONFIDENTIAL
MY TELEGRAM NO. 82: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT.
HEAD OF CHANCERY WAS SUMMONED TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
BY THE HEAD OF WESTERN EUROPEAN DIVISION ABOUT A NUMBER OF MATTERS.
IN THE COURSE OF CONVERSATION HE WAS TOLD THAT MR. AICHI HAD RESERVED
29 AND 21 APRIL FOR TALKS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE. THE JAPANESE
ARE MOST ANXIOUS TO KNOW THE EXACT DATES WHEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE
CAN COME TO JAPAN AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT HIS ATTENDING EXPO 79 WAS AGREED IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO IN
CLUDE DETAILS ABOUT THE REST OF THE PROGRAMME AT THE SAME TIME. THE
JAPANESE STILL ENVISAGE CONSULTATIONS TAKING PLACE OVER A PERIOD OF
TWO DAYS 1.E. BEFORE THE 22ND, AND REMINDED THE HEAD OF CHANCERY THAT
THE NORMAL PROGRAMME FOR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS ATTENDING THE
EXHIBITION
LASTS FIVE DAYS.
2, WE OF COURSE GAVE NO HINT WHATSOEVER THAT THE SECRETARY OF
STATE'S VISIT WOULD IN ANY WAY BE CURTAILED.
MR. ASHE
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
F.E.D.
PROTOCOL & CONF. Do
H.K.D.
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